Originally Posted by
57Rambler
With more than 38 years in the industry now, my experience is that first-year new models are among the highest in build quality but experience more problems with purchased parts because suppliers are not in tune. At the assembly level, an almost-OCD level of attention is paid to new models, not to mention all the body-in-white, pre-pilot, pilot, pre-production, and other trials that are done prior to commencing full production. In the end, it's still pretty amazing to see 30,000+ parts go from part print to becoming a complete auto. Nothing else so complex is built in such a mass production quantity.